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Huh. I'm not seeing where this is true. :erm:

Point of Order The reviewer says that Gary was the creator and master of the RPG. As a point of order, that's inaccurate. If any one person could be said to be the creator or father of the roleplaying game, that'd be Dave Arneson (by Gary's own admission). As you were.

Nope, just self-important. Got it. Ari, you keep doing whatever it is you need to do to sell books in this crazy climate, because selling your books is how you feed your family and, well, some of us understand that.

Aww, thanks, Hunter. I felt the same. And it's strange, because we decided on the classic black with silver lettering long before Dave passed. But once he did, it only seemed all the more appropriate. But yes, 4E Blackmoor is now out, and I couldn't be more proud. Just to answer a couple of...

Seriously. I can't believe anyone's still trying to roast that old chestnut. Ari's (and others') argument is sound, and backed up by raw data. Your argument is neither sound nor, in actual fact, an argument at all. It's a roasted chestnut. Kindly either eat it or throw it away already...

Code Monkey Publishing presents the first web enhancement for the first fantasy campaign: the world of Dave Arneson's Blackmoor! Titled "Sandfolk of the Valley," the web enhancement provides D20 game statistics and art for two of Blackmoor's most iconic creatures, as well as rules on how to...

Your wish is my command! Here are all the books for the d20 Blackmoor line: Dave Arneson's Blackmoor (Corebook) Temple of the Frog (Adventure) Clock and Steam (Sourcebook) Riders of Hak (Sourcebook) The Player's Guide to Blackmoor (Sourcebook) The Wizards Cabal (Sourcebook) The Redwood Scar...

We'd be delighted to get that off to you, but you haven't been inclined to respond to our previous attempts to get your contact info (through both public posts and private messages). If you'd like your signed copy of the corebook, I'll personally make sure that you get it when I get back from...

We will, indeed. In fact, it's kicking off our slew of new releases. It's also, incidentally, proof that kick-ass adventures can and do come from places other than Paizo, Necromancer, and Goodman Games. :D Best, CAS

Hey, all, Zeitgeist Games is excited to announce that we'll have not one, not two, but three brand new products for Dave Arneson's Blackmoor at GenCon Indy this weekend. These include the new and improved (and deadly) epic adventure Temple of the Frog, as well as Riders of Hak -- the definitive...

Hey, all, Gearing up to head to Indy here, and I just wanted to see which of our ENWorld Blackmoor fans hope to be in attendance. It's going to be a big convention for us -- we're debuting a couple exciting new products -- and I look forward to meeting some of you in person for the first time...

Man, this is a comical assertion, and I *developed* DragonMech. :) -- CAS

Not especially. Just relating my own experiences in the industry and hoping they prove useful. :) It has a bigger impact than most people know. Most of the work done for the hobby is specifically commissioned, and given the mechanical requirements, what this ultimately means is that it is...

I had nothing to do with either Seas of Blood or Stormwrack. Ergo, there's no room for bias in this particular discussion. Not true. Authors' work for RPGs is typically "work for hire," and the publisher always reserves the right to edit, alter or even rewrite wholesale a given author's...

I can see how the concepts in each might do so, but here's the thing: The reason I feel the way I do about Mongoose is because the quality is so very low. As a result, the two books don't actually complement one another nicely, because one is WotC and well-written and the other is neither WotC...